[Fixed] How to Deal with Facebook Blackout When It Happens

Many users give the feedback that they have once encountered with Facebook blackout when they visit the platform. On March 13, 2019, the Facebook blackout happened and lasted for almost 14 hours, causing great inconvenience for those who rely on Facebook to reach to others or do business.

Facebook blackout may occur due to different reasons. To figure out a solution to deal with the problem, you need to get addressed which situation you are in. So in this blog, we listed the reasons for why Facebook blackout problem would happen and some simple tips to deal with it.

Now, let's move to the first part.

CONTENTS

Part 1. Why Facebook Blackout Happens?

When you find Facebook blackout problem happen on your device, you can first check whether you are in any of these 3 situations.

* You are not the only one who suffers from Facebook blackout. Facebook official states the occurrence of the problem and is trying to fix it. Under this circumstance, the Facebook blackout problem happens because of Facebook's internal error, just like the large scale Facebook down outage occurred on March 13, 2019.

* When Facebook blackout problem only happens on you, check if the network you are connection to is reliable enough. Mostly, the problem would occur because the network connection is poor, so Facebook fails to respond and could not load anything.

* The device or the settings you are applying now may lead to the Facebook blackout as well, for example, the browser you are using, the extension you've installed, or the incompatibility between your device and Facebook App.

Now you can quickly sort out what problem leads to the occurrence of Facebook blackout that happens on you. Generally, if the blackout problem happens due to Facebook internal outage, we can only wait for its technical team to resolve the issue. But if Facebook blackout results from some individual user-end problems, users can try the following 5 tips to deal with it without wasting so much time. Check it right now!

Part 2. 5 Tips on How to Deal with Facebook Blackout Easily

When the Facebook blackout only happens on you, try to fix it with these 5 simple ways.

1. Switch to A Faster Wi-Fi Connection

When the network connection you are using is too slow to run Facebook stably, try to switch to a faster Wi-Fi connection. When it's fast enough, the Facebook blackout can be fixed easily.

* If you are using mobile data, turn on Airplane Mode and turn it off to reconnect to the carrier. This can speed up the network connection to some extent.

2. Uninstall or Turn the Browser Extension off

Some browser extension such as Ad Blocker can cause Facebook blackout. Therefore, by turning off these extensions can help to solve the problem. Simply go to Menu > More tools > Extensions and turn all the extensions installed on your browser off. Then login Facebook again on the browser to check whether Facebook blackout has been resolved.

3. Turn off Incognito Mode and Notification

Too many notifications may cause Facebook to get corrupted and that's why then Facebook blackout happens. If you are using Incognito mode on Chrome, switch to the normal mode and change the notification settings (just block all notifications off).

4. Update Facebook App

The latest Facebook version would fix many bugs happened before and that's why we need to keep the app up-to-date all the time. When you haven't updated Facebook for a long time, the app gets more incompatible with your device and the blackout problem occurs. So you can try to go to App Store or Google Play Store to update the Facebook App and fix the problem.

5. Login Facebook on Other Device

If all the methods above fail to fix Facebook blackout issue, try to change a device and login Facebook to see whether there is any hidden problem happened on your device and then causes the issue.

It's hard to bounce back when we find Facebook blackout suddenly because Facebook has been part of our daily life. So grasping some skills to deal with these sudden issues can be helpful and save much time. Welcome to try these methods when Facebook blackout happens on your device (when it happens individually).

Published on March 26, 2019